History Characters / PunchOut

* BeserkButton: His is in easy reach. All it takes is one smack to face.

* FragileSpeedster: Compared to everyone else in the league, at least. Even ''[[WarmupBoss Glass Joe]]'' can deal more damage per punch, if you let him.

* HeroicMime: In the Wii version at least.
* RuleOfCool: In real life he would never be allowed to fight people outside his own weight class (which would be junior flyweight if the WVBA's weight classes are analogous to the WBO's; only Glass Joe would be in the same weight class), whom almost all of his opponents are. But no bother: it's awesome to knock the stuffing out of these seeming ten-foot behemoths with your star punches.
* WeakButSkilled: Skilled enough to [[spoiler:beat DonkeyKong]]

* MightyGlacier: Understatement

* WeakButSkilled

!!DonkeyKong
->Star of the DonkeyKong game series, the ape serves as the TrueFinalBoss of Punch-Out Wii.

* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: The DK on his tie and boxing gloves.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys

* MundaneUtility: Inverted. Those boxing gloves he wears were originally used for ''baseball.'' (In ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' and ''Mario Super Sluggers'')
* ThatOneBoss: While most consider Title Defense Bald Bull to be the hardest fight in the game, Donkey Kong comes close. What makes him so hard is that there are very few chances to do any actual damage to him, as he tends to avoid your attacks and doesn't take many of your punches when he's stunned unless you avoided ALL of his attacks, which are often in (completely unpredictable) strings of five.
* TrueFinalBoss: Since they couldn't get Mike Tyson to fill the role (as if Mr. Sandman wasn't enough of a replacement), they put in DK instead. It worked. Quite well.

* ThatOneBoss: Title Defense Bald Bull is ''the'' most loathed fight in the Wii version. Why? The short version is that you can't beat him by interrupting the Bull Charge.

* ThatOneBoss: Title Defense Bald Bull is ''the'' most loathed fight in the Wii version.

* ThePeteBest/OutOfFocus: The original main character of the series, replaced by Little Mac (unless he's just [[ArtEvolution an early portrayal of Little Mac]]).

* Foreshadowing: Anyone paid close attention to his normal intro in the Wii game? Look at the way he punches the bull into orbit; that's how newbies can beat Bald Bull and his Bull Charge [[spoiler: as well as completing a certain challenge against him.]]

* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Getting punch in the face.
* NotInTheFace!: His BerserkButton

* TheParalyzer - also has it.

* CallingYourAttacks - Both before ("I'm gonna stomp ya!") and after ("Salmon Arm!") his attacks.

* ThePeteBest: The original main character of the series, replaced by Little Mac (unless he's just [[ArtEvolution an early portrayal of Little Mac]]).

* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Street Fighter Dee Jay]]

->A fighter from Hong Kong who uses kicks in the ring.

* PunnyName

* ButtMonkey: In the Wii version of the game, he gets slapped around by Aran Ryan, Bald Bull, and Super Macho Man. If Mr. Sandman beats you, Sandman will proceed to humiliate the ref for no particular reason.

-->Appears in: Arcade Super Punch-Out, SNES
* ShoutOut: To both Bruce Lee (in look) and Jackie Chan (in name)

* TheCombatPragmatist
* MaskPower

* {{Expy}}: Of [[StreetFighter E. Honda]].

* WordSaladTitle: Apparently the makers of the NES game wanted to make it sound like he was speaking genuine Japanese but, unlike the makers of the Wii game, did not want to bother actually looking up how to say something in the language, so they just have him saying random Japanese words off the top of his head between rounds: "Sushi, kamikaze, Fujiyama, Nippon-ichi..."
** I guess you mean the American translators. Back in the 80s, many writers didn't have as much of an extensive knowledge of Japanese culture like they have now (thanks to anime/manga), so they didn't stick that much for accuracy, which ends up making this a ViewersAreMorons in hindsight. Don't know if Nintendo had this in the Japanese version though, in which case it would be a WallBanger of gigantic proportions.
*** It was in the Japanese version, albeit translated into English just like the rest of the dialogue in the game for whatever reason.
** But Nintendo is a ''Japaneese'' company! How could they make such a mistake about their own language?

* {{Jobber}}

* {{Jobber}}

* TheCombatPragmatist: In the world circuit rematch in the NES game he will constantly force you to punch at him as he just stands there blocking until you're tired and unable to hit him back when he unloads on you.